THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign NEW! Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign NEW! Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign NEW! Regional Campaign NEW! Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Branded Content Branded Series Clapback Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Email NEW! Emojis Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme & GIFs NEW! Micro-site NEW! Native Advertising Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content Voice

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images Sound NEW! UX/UI Visual Effects

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Influencer & Celebrity Partnership

Emerging Platform Partnership Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality NEW! Immersive Interactive Content NEW! NFTs NEW!

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence Instant Message Presence NEW! LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence NEW! TikTok Presence Twitter Presence YouTube Presence

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership NEW! Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Gamification Globalization Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy NEW! Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring NEW! Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response Search NEW! Shopping Storytelling Takeovers

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast NEW! Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast NEW! Other Podcast Genres NEW! Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast NEW! Sports & Health Podcast NEW! True Crime & Documentary Podcast NEW!

Video

360 Video Animal Video NEW! Comedy Video Dance Video NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video NEW! Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Product Feature Video NEW! Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video NEW! Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series NEW!

From the 10th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Live Events

This award honors the best use of social media to elevate events including concerts, conferences, marches, rallies and meetups.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Live Events
winner
The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards
For the fourth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards, the iHeartRadio social team set out to engage fans …

Finalists

Live Events
finalist
gold honor
Fans of Love
Most Americans agree that people should be treated respectfully and fairly. Yet many people in the …
Live Events
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival
Following iHeartRadio's memorable social media moments at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival, iHea…
Live Events
finalist
bronze honor
The 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show - GLOW, WKC
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is one of the oldest sporting events in modern history. Held a…
Live Events
finalist
MTV EMA
From start to finish, our digital campaign aimed to engage as many music fans as possible on thei…
Live Events
finalist
Toyota Camry Thrill Ride
DE worked with AMCI Global to transform the Staples Center Chick Hearn Court during the LA Auto Sho…

Nominees

Live Events
24 Hours of Reality: Be the Voice of Reality
We know the climate crisis is devastating our planet. We also know from research that no one's talk…
Live Events
Bloomberg's live journalism, live on social
In 2017, we set out to highlight editorial content from Bloomberg live events across social platfor…
Live Events
finalist
gold honor
Fans of Love
Most Americans agree that people should be treated respectfully and fairly. Yet many people in the …
Live Events
Isle of MTV
For over 10 years Isle of MTV Malta Music Week (IOMTV) has attracted some of the world's biggest n…
Live Events
finalist
MTV EMA
From start to finish, our digital campaign aimed to engage as many music fans as possible on thei…
Live Events
Social Media Celebration - 18th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®
VIDEO: http://latingram.my/2zcoezR
Live Events
finalist
bronze honor
The 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show - GLOW, WKC
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is one of the oldest sporting events in modern history. Held a…
Live Events
winner
The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards
For the fourth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards, the iHeartRadio social team set out to engage fans …
Live Events
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival
Following iHeartRadio's memorable social media moments at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival, iHea…
Live Events
The Bacon Party
Curate an experiential social event in Portland, Oregon that reaches the local millennial community…
Live Events
Total Social Stadium
As title sponsor of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions, Total wanted to ap…
Live Events
finalist
Toyota Camry Thrill Ride
DE worked with AMCI Global to transform the Staples Center Chick Hearn Court during the LA Auto Sho…
Live Events
Toyota Fiesta Hermosa
Raise awareness and positive brand association for Toyota amongst Southern California residents uti…